...discontent, Irnpoisoning all possest — Oh ! I have felt " As spirits feel — yet not for man we mourn Scarce o'er the silly bird in state were he, That...gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colours,—all in earth had slept, Now see them mark with death his victim's strife. " Man found thee...

...discontent, Impoisoning all possest—Oh! I have felt " As spirits feel—yet not for man we mourn Scarce o'er the silly bird in state were he, That...return, And sleeps at evening ; save by aid of thee, The pencil's colors,—all in earth had slept, Now see them mark with death his victim's strife^ "...

...discontent, Impoisoning all possest — Oh ! I have felt " As spirits feel— yet not for man we mourn Scarce o'er the silly bird in state were he, That...builds his nest, loves, sings the morn's return, And slee^ s at evening ; save by aid of thee, " Fame ne'er had roused, nor song her records kept The gem,...

...Impoisoning all possessed — oh ! I have felt As spirits feel — yet not for man we moan : Scaree o'er the silly bird in state were he, That builds...gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colors, all in earth had slept, Now see them mark with death his victim's strife. Man found thee, Death...

...feverish hope ; drear discontent, Impoisoning all possessed—oh! I have felt As spirits feel—yet not for man we moan: Scarce o'er the silly bird in...gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colors, all in earth had slept, Baffling, by aid of thee, his mastery proves; By mighty works he swells...

...dwelt. But perish'd ; feverish hope ; drear discontent, Impoisoning all possess'd — oh! I have felt As spirits feel— yet not for man we moan : Scarce...o'er the silly bird in state were he, That builds Ins nest, loves, sings the morn's return, And sleeps at evening, save by aid of thee. Fame ne'er had...

...perished ; feverish hope ; drear discontent, Impoisoning all possessed — oh ! I have felt As spirit» feel — yet not for man we moan : Scarce o'er the...gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colors, all in earth had slept, Now see them mark with death his victim's strife. Man found thee, Death...

...oncedwelt, But perished; feverish hope; drear discontent, Impoisoning all possessed — oh ! I have felt As spirits feel — yet not for man we moan : Scarce...morn's return, And sleeps at evening, save by aid of thec. Fame ne'er had roused, nor Song her records kept ; The gem, the ore, the marble breathing life,...

...discontent, Impoisoning all possest, — oh ! I have felt " As spirits feel : yet not for man we mourn : Scarce o'er the silly bird in state were he That builds...gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colors, all in earth had slept : Now see them mark with death his victim's strife ! " Man found thee,...

...Milton compares Eve to Pandora; Brooks suggests that Eve is closer to Prometheus, since without her "Fame ne'er had roused, nor song her records kept;...the ore, the marble breathing life, / The pencil's colors, all in earth had slept." Brooks's powers of invention are perpetually surprising; her narrative...